Daily Market Report from Muscatine January 18 1900
Commodity and livestock prices across markets led by Chicago milling futures and local receipts. Wheat and corn futures show weakness while live stock receipts in Kansas City Omaha and Minneapolis evolve. dairy eggs and cheese quoted with steady to unsteady tone. Local hardware and groceries list prices for beeswax vegetables and meats with varying premiums and discounts.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Northwestern
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
Chicago grain and livestock prices slip and rise in early trading
Chicago business desks report unsettled wheat May at 66 cents, July 66 1 2 cents, corn firmer cash 21 3 4 cents, oats steady with May at 24 1 4 cents, rye quiet with No 2 56 cents, barley steady with screenings 33 to 35 cents. Mess pork, lard and short ribs show varied quotes. potatoes eggs butter trade narrows as markets digest demand and supply.
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Chicago
Burbanks
Hebrons
Peerless
Kings
Hogs and Sheep Market Report with Mixed Prices
Hogs market shows moderate activity though strong at yesterday’s averages. Hogs sold from 3.70 to 4.77 with categories for pigs light rough packing mixed and heavy packing and shipping. Sheep market remains fairly active with prices largely unchanged and quotations noted for Westerns natives and lambs.
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Chicago
Muscatine Markets update from Muscatine Iowa
Muscatine Iowa market report dated January 18 lists prices for wood lime cement coal and grain products. Wood ranges from 2.25 to 4.50 per unit, hard coal 8.00 to 8.50, soft coal 4.00, flour 1.05 to 1.61 per sack, corn meal 15c, oats 20 to 21c, wheat 50 to 60c, rye 46c, corn 24 to 26c, oats shippers 20c, bran shorts 75 to 80c per 100 pounds. Market described as weak.
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Graham
Special Gospel Meetings At Island Methodist Church
Island Methodist Episcopal church holds evening gospel meetings with five converts and a church membership. Week program lists nightly topics and biblical texts from January 18 to January 26, inviting all to services led by Pastor C. H. Montgomery.
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Island Methodist Episcopal Church
C. H. Montgomery
High Prairie M E Church Quarterly Meeting Notice
Notice of the second quarterly Muscatine circuit meeting at High Prairie M E Church on Jan 27 28 1900. Services include Dr Coxe preaching Saturday 2 pm conference 3 pm love feast Sunday 9:30 am service 10:30 am Lord's supper 11:30 am preaching 7:30 pm. Pastor C H Montgomery invites all to attend. Beauty may be only skin deep but it is nearly always effective.
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High Prairie M. E
Muscatine Circuit
M. E
Coxe
A. m
C. H. Montgomery
Food price list and household goods ad with varied items
A local ad listing numerous food staples and household goods with unit prices. Items include evaporated peaches, dried apples, prunes raisins cereals flour and cornmeal, canned vegetables, starches, soap and polish, baking soda, bread and biscuits, health tonics, and small housewares. The note mentions low prices and daily bread, with assorted bulk and pack sizes.
Society Notes Highlight West Fourth Street Gatherings
Miss Beatrice Edmiston hosted friends at Will Edmiston’s home on West Fourth Street with games and refreshments. The Imperial Dancing club plans a poverty dance at Armory Hall tonight with costumes expected. The Wednesday Afternoon Card Club met at Mrs Will Mull's home. Mrs Fred Monroe won the first prize in the card contest. Dr and Mrs E H King hosted a five o'clock supper yesterday evening at their home on West Fourth Street.
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Beatrice Edmiston
Will Edmiston
West Fourth Street
Imperial Dancing Club
Armory Hall
Will. Mull
Fred. Munroe
Mrs
E. H. King
People We Know Notable Echoes From Public Figures
The article notes President George Harris of Amherst College resembles Admiral Dewey. It mentions Admiral Farragut's letter to an Atlanta resident praising a young Dewey. Queen Victoria’s autographs span 61 years, with signatures from the pope and European monarchs. Senator Bate of Tennessee, near 70, served in the Mexican War and shares a reluctance to reveal his age. It cites several senators near or over the Scriptural age limit. A misattribution confuses Gen Joubert with a Confederate officer born in Louisiana.
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George Harris
Amherst College
Admiral Dewey
Atlanta
Admiral Farragut
Dewey
Queen Victoria
Bate
Tennessee
Harris
Senate
Joubert
Louisiana
West Liberty Notes Describe Damp Rain and Cautious Travel
West Liberty sees cold damp rain keeping residents indoors. Citizens planned to visit the county seat but delays and the belated train from the west led about twenty to decide not to travel.
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West Liberty
Nineteenth Century to Twentieth Century Moral Shift
The piece argues the twentieth century will move from material focus to moral advancement, lifting Latin races from servility to noble service while judging the nineteenth for municipal corruption and political spoils systems. It warns against politics overruling principle and fears the era abroad and at home.
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Leslie's
From Catt to Scat in a City Assembly
The New York Evening Sun notes Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt speaking to an inland city audience. The local Women’s Suffrage Association president fumbles the introduction, mistaking her name several times and ending with a garbled address.
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Catt
New York Evening Sun
Carrie Chapman Catt
Women's Suffrage Association
Carrie Capman Catt
Carrie Capman Chatt
Mrs
Carrie Chatman Cap
Charlie Capman
Hatchet-Faced Morton Wins Narrow Brush With Death
Boston Transcript describes Jewett Cutter with a cadaverous look and Morton as a harshly sharp, hatchet-faced man. A cowboy lassoed Morton, but his angular features cut the rope and saved him from danger on the plains.
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Boston Transcript
Jewett—Cutter
Morton
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer Ad Beat
Advertisement notes Mull's Lightning Pain Killer for rheumatic pains lame back diarrhoea sprains pleurisy sore throat frost bites and similar ailments. Priced 25 cents and distributed by druggists.
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Mull
Fearless Death Demeanor At The End
A long quoted Philadelphia physician asserts that deathbed scenes are not terrifying. He notes that fear of the unknown seldom appears and most patients show resignation or relief for those left behind. He dismisses novelist depictions and quotes a simple human trait behind dying remarks.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Record
Gulf Coast Getaway Along L N Railroad Line
The Gulf Coast between Mobile and New Orleans offers mild climate pure air and even temperatures ideal for hunting and fishing. L N R R provides through cars from Northern cities and Florida connections with first class accommodations at moderate prices. Write Geo B Horner D P A St Louis for folders.
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Gulf Coast
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Diphtheria Case Quarantines In Washington Household
A diphtheria case emerged at the B Bennett home in southwest Washington on Saturday. A second Dye child showed symptoms and both received antitoxin. both are improving, along with the Bennett child. Mrs Parkinson widow of a drowned minister and two children stay as guests with quarantines. Mrs Parkinson is ill.
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Washington
Iowa
B. Bennett
G. W. Dye
Bennett
Origin of Champagne Custom Recalls Fateful Launch Ritual
Des Moines notes recount the once common practice of choosing a doomed victim to be killed at a ship launch so the vessel could be baptized with blood. The ritual involved breaking a bottle of champagne over the prow as a symbol of blessing and good fortune.
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Des Moines
Bailey
Pain Killer Adverts Prompt Relief
An old ad promotes Mull’s Lightning Pain Killer described as a fast acting remedy for pain available at druggists for 25 cents. The terse pitch emphasizes quick relief and wide retail availability.
Marriage of Cripple Creek Pair at Ninth Street Pastor
James Trueman of Cripple Creek Colorado and Miss Della Cordios wed last Thursday evening at Rev J N Elliott’s home on Ninth street. They left for Colorado the following day as local excitement rose briefly over a minor fire alarm at the Champion Hose House.
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James Trueman
Cripple Creek
Colo
Della Cordios
J. N. Elliott
Ninth Street
Colorado
Rosenfield
Ninth
Cypress Streets
Dr Babcock on Truth and Obedience Epigrams
A collection of moral maxims urging obedience and virtue. It links seeds of truth to obedience and warns that intention alone fails without sustained good character and deeds. The text contrasts cold prayers with fervent, action driven faith and the need to be prop today for God tomorrow.
Old Business Honor for Senator Gear in Indianola
In the Indianola Record tribute to Senator John H. Gear, praise is given to his long service from local to national levels. The piece lauds his endurance, health, and mental vigor as he seeks another term, celebrating his age and prior contributions. It honors his loyal allies who call him “Old Business.”
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Indianola
John H. Gear
United States
Hawkeye
Lumber prices listed by Muscatine firm
Cottonwood sycamore elm and basswood priced upon inquiry at the office of the South Muscatine Lumber Co. in Muscatine Iowa.
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South Muscatine Lumber Co
Muscatine
Iowa
Osteopathy Clinic Opens in Muscatine at Sixth and Chestnut
Dr. F. J. Harlan and Elizabeth Harlan announce a new osteopathy office in Muscatine at the corner of Sixth and Chestnut. They offer free consultations and hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with over three years of practice in Denver and Boulder. They treat chronic diseases and provide testimonials and literature.
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Muscatine
Sixth
Chestnut Streets
Denver
Boulder
Colo
Tailored Overcoats and Suits Promised in Vintage Ad
Thoroughbreds would wear only fitted garments from fashionable fabrics by artistic tailors. Winter overcoats in Oxford, Cheviot or Vienna loose box styles. Sack coats from Kerseys Melitons Paletots in Oxford Grey. Business suits swell and price reasonable. Repairs and cleaning offered. Ladies jackets altered to up-to-date styles.
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Oxford
Cheviot
Vienna
Jas H Cosgrove Merchant Tailor Up Stairs
James H Cosgrove operates as a merchant tailor at 110 B 2d Street southeast with an upstairs shop location. He offers custom tailoring and alterations in a traditional neighborhood menswear business.
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Jas. H. Cosgrove
Ideal Health 2d Winter Resort in Hammond Louisiana
The Sinois Central Railroad passenger department issues a detailed illustrated folder promoting Hammond Louisiana as an ideal health and winter resort. Free copies available by writing J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Illinois Central Railroad at Dubuque Iowa.
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Sinois Central Railroad Company
Hammond
Louisiana
Northwest
Dubuque
Iowa
J. F. Merry
R. R
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BH. J Toner & Co
H. E. McKay
Chicago, MI
Timothy
Tllinois
Jan Wane i
Jan Seeene
Jan Reneerk
Tae
Jiahae
Muscatine Markets
Island
M. E. Church
Uneeda
Arm & Hammer Soda
Rising Sun
Barlow
Castoria
Telephone
West Fourth St
West Hill
Arnola & Weedleim
Real Estate Exchange
East Tenth Street
East Seventh Street
East Eighth Street
Iowa Avenue
Fifth Street
East Hill
East Fifth Street
Des Plaines
Mississippi
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
The
Muscatine Osteopathic Infirmary
Corner Sixth and
Chestnut Sts
B. 2d
Barnard’s Model Laundry
Iowa Ave
Geo, B. Fisch
East Second Street
Stewart
Anson Clothing Co
E. 2d St
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